,
,TEST BANK FOR MATERNAL-NEWBORN
NURSING THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS
OF NURSING CARE, 3RD EDITION,
ROBERTA
, Chapter 1: Trends and Issues
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The nurse is caring for a patient who is in labor with her first child. The patient’s mother is present
for support and notes that things have changed in the delivery room since she last gave birth in the
early 1980s. Which current trend or intervention may the patient’s mother find most different?
1. Fetal monitoring throughout labor
2. Postpartum stay of 10 days
3. Expectant partner and family in operating room for cesarean birth
4. Hospital support for breastfeeding
2. A patient with a history of hypertension is giving birth. During delivery, the staff was not able to
stabilize the patient’s blood pressure. As a result, the patient died shortly after delivery. This is an
example of what type of death?
1. Early maternal death
2. Late maternal death
3. Direct obstetric death
4. Indirect obstetric death
3. The nurse is providing education to a patient who has given birth to her first child and is being
discharged home. The patient expressed concern regarding infant mortality and sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS). The patient had an uncomplicated pregnancy, labor, and vaginal delivery.
She has a body mass index of 25 and has no other health conditions. The infant is healthy and was
delivered full-term. What will be most helpful thing to explain to the patient?
1. Uses of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy (ECMO)
2. Uses of exogenous pulmonary surfactant
3. The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
4. The Safe to Sleep campaign
4. The nurse is caring for a 14-year-old patient who is 32 weeks pregnant. After complaining of
genital sores and discomfort, the patient tests positive for syphilis. The fetus is at increased risk of
which condition?
1. Diabetes
2. Blindness
3. Pneumonia
4. Hypertension
5. The nurse is caring for a 15-year-old female who is pregnant with her first child. In her previous
prenatal visit, the patient tested negative for chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV. Based on the
information provided, which condition is the patient’s baby at higher risk for?
1. Intestinal problems
2. Neonatal conjunctivitis
3. Blindness
4. Pneumonia
Copyright © 2019 F. A. Davis Company
,TEST BANK FOR MATERNAL-NEWBORN
NURSING THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS
OF NURSING CARE, 3RD EDITION,
ROBERTA
, Chapter 1: Trends and Issues
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The nurse is caring for a patient who is in labor with her first child. The patient’s mother is present
for support and notes that things have changed in the delivery room since she last gave birth in the
early 1980s. Which current trend or intervention may the patient’s mother find most different?
1. Fetal monitoring throughout labor
2. Postpartum stay of 10 days
3. Expectant partner and family in operating room for cesarean birth
4. Hospital support for breastfeeding
2. A patient with a history of hypertension is giving birth. During delivery, the staff was not able to
stabilize the patient’s blood pressure. As a result, the patient died shortly after delivery. This is an
example of what type of death?
1. Early maternal death
2. Late maternal death
3. Direct obstetric death
4. Indirect obstetric death
3. The nurse is providing education to a patient who has given birth to her first child and is being
discharged home. The patient expressed concern regarding infant mortality and sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS). The patient had an uncomplicated pregnancy, labor, and vaginal delivery.
She has a body mass index of 25 and has no other health conditions. The infant is healthy and was
delivered full-term. What will be most helpful thing to explain to the patient?
1. Uses of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy (ECMO)
2. Uses of exogenous pulmonary surfactant
3. The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
4. The Safe to Sleep campaign
4. The nurse is caring for a 14-year-old patient who is 32 weeks pregnant. After complaining of
genital sores and discomfort, the patient tests positive for syphilis. The fetus is at increased risk of
which condition?
1. Diabetes
2. Blindness
3. Pneumonia
4. Hypertension
5. The nurse is caring for a 15-year-old female who is pregnant with her first child. In her previous
prenatal visit, the patient tested negative for chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV. Based on the
information provided, which condition is the patient’s baby at higher risk for?
1. Intestinal problems
2. Neonatal conjunctivitis
3. Blindness
4. Pneumonia
Copyright © 2019 F. A. Davis Company
